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  2. The Normal Heart - Wikipedia

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    The Normal Heart is a largely autobiographical play by Larry Kramer.It focuses on the rise of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in New York City between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks, the gay founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group.

  3. Larry Kramer - Wikipedia

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    Actors following Davis who have portrayed Kramer's alter ego Ned Weeks include; Joel Grey, Richard Dreyfuss (in Los Angeles), Martin Sheen (at the Royal Court in London), Tom Hulce and then John Shea in the West End, Raul Esparza in a highly acclaimed 2004 revival at the Public Theater, and most recently Joe Mantello on Broadway at the Golden ...

  4. The Normal Heart (film) - Wikipedia

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    The film depicts the rise of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks (Ruffalo), the founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group. Weeks prefers public confrontations to the calmer, more private strategies favored by his associates, friends, and closeted lover Felix Turner ...

  5. Remembering Larry Kramer: Why 'The Normal Heart' Is ... - AOL

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    “I think it's evident in the streets why it still matters today,” says Bomer, who played Felix Turner, a reporter and eventual partner of writer Ned Weeks (Ruffalo). Mark Ruffalo in 'The ...

  6. Little Theatre of Fall River's 'The Normal Heart,' honors ...

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    “Produced to acclaim in New York, London and Los Angeles, the play centers on Ned Weeks, a gay activist enraged at the indifference of public officials and the gay community. While trying to ...

  7. The Destiny of Me - Wikipedia

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    It focuses on Ned Weeks, a character introduced in The Normal Heart, as he checks into the National Institutes of Health to undergo an experimental treatment for AIDS.Much of his story is told in flashback, as Ned recalls growing up as Alexander in a Jewish household where, as a hardcore theatre aficionado, he imitates Cornelia Otis Skinner and Mary Martin and adorns his bedroom with Broadway ...

  8. Paul Popham - Wikipedia

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    Larry Kramer, who later left GMHC to found ACT UP, frequently fought with Popham.Kramer wrote in Reports from the Holocaust that, as a result, when writing the roman à clef play The Normal Heart, Kramer made the protagonist Ned Weeks (the cypher for himself) be obnoxious and Bruce Niles (the cypher for Popham) be a clearly sympathetic leader, by way of contrition.

  9. Media portrayal of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    The Normal Heart (2014) – depicts the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks, the founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group, the Gay Men's Health Crisis.